Collecting health history information: The accuracy of a patient self-administered questionnaire in an orthopedic outpatient setting

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 531-543

  Boissonnault, William G ^a   Badke, Mary Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Examination; Health history; Medications; Orthopedic outpatients; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 19544362329     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.6.531     Document Type: Article

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